Summary: Just before France surrendered to the invading Nazi armies in 1940, French Premier Paul Reynaud broadcast an appeal to America — which was not in the war at that time — to send planes and tanks to enable France to fight on. He didn’t ask that we consult other countries or go to the League of Nations. He wanted unilateral American help.
Thomas Sowell – http://capmag.com/author.asp?name=3